BioShock Infinite now out, locally distributed by X-Play Online Games, Inc.

 BioShock Infinite finally hits Philippine shores today! X-Play is the exclusive distributor for Irrational Games' latest entry in the BioShock series and if you did any pre-orders with any of their accredited retail partners, your copies should be available once they are open. If you didn't pre-order, go ahead and drop by anyway to score yourself a copy. More details like price below.

X-Play Retailers

You hardly get games on time here, so its good to see that we get a triple A title on the given release date. With X-Play(not the show, a game publisher in the Philippines) as the official distributor of 2K Games, BioShock Infinite will available in their accredited retailers once their doors open:

• A-Deals (online website- https://www.a-deals.com/home)
• Achieve
• Brochiere
• Netopia
• Game Extreme

• Gameline/GameGizmo/Teke
• iTech

The game should also be available on other stores, so check in your preferred local store if it's available.

Aside from the Standard Edition of the game, a Premium Edition and Songbird Edition will be available, if you want to get some extra goodies.

The Premium Edition of the game will include:

• A 3-inch baby version keychain of the sold-out Murder of Crows vigor bottle replica.

• A 5 x 7-inch lithograph by Jorge Lacera.

• A 25 millimeter, resin-cast Handyman miniature from the upcoming BioShock Infinite board game by Plaid Hat Games, makers of Summoner Wars.

• A mini art book, full of BioShock Infinite concept art and commentary, with a hand-distressed cover.

• Various digital goodies: exclusive in-game gear, a digital soundtrack, and platform specific downloadable content (Avatar costumes for Xbox 360, and Themes for PC and PlayStation 3).

If you want to go even further and really go the collectors route, there is also the Songbird Edition. It provides all that the premium edition has to offer with just one added feature - a 9-and-a-half-inch statue of Songbird, that mechanical bird that you will soon get acquainted with once you fire up your copy of the game.

Songbird Edition

Here's the given price for BioShock Infinite by X-Play:

Edition	PC	PS3	XBOX
Standard	Php 1,895	Php 2,295	Php 2,095
Premium	Php 3,295	Php 3,350	Php 3,350
Songbird	Php 6,495	Php 6,495	Php 6,495

I can't wait to get my hands on this game, and I'm sure people that are reading this feel the same way. So far, reviews are pouring in and it looks like it won't disappoint from what I'm reading.

New to BioShock? Don't worry. BioShock Infinite is not in any way a sequel to the first two games, so having this game as your first entry to the series won't ruin your experience story-wise. But I highly suggest you try the first two games when you have the chance, so you can really appreciate what Irrational Games have created.

BioShock Infinite Launch Trailer

BioShock Infinite has been in development for  four years with 200+ people working on it, and Irrational Games took their time in developing this game to get everything right. From Elizabeth's AI, the story telling, down to every detail and gameplay mechanics to make it worthwhile for any player.

DuckTales Remastered

My nostalgia has been hit so hard. Not only was DuckTales a kickass series but it also had a pretty kickass NES game, back when Capcom was awesome. Now we have this, with the opening theme of the cartoon with sing-a-long lyrics playing through out the whole trailer.

DuckTales Remastered is coming to PSN, Xbox Live and the Wii U eShop.

EA prepping for Battlefield 4 reveal. site and teaser video now out

Prepared for an all new Battlefield game? well EA is almost ready to reveal to the world Battlefield 4. A new site for the soon to be reveal game is now live informing viewers to check back on March 27. But that's not all, a small video teaser was placed on the site called "Sea". it's 20-seconds long but gives a good idea one big new feature to the game.

marine warfare, or to be exact, underwater warfare.  Nothing of course is for sure but its safe to say it involves water.

We'll just have to wait and see, the world reveal should kick off around March 27-28 so check back on the site during those times.

is it too soon for a numbered sequel? Maybe, because a lot are still enjoying Battlefield 3 thanks to the many DLC that have supported the game for more than a year. Question is, will this be EA's FPS game for this year? or next year for next-gen consoles. Either way, excited to see what they will include for the fourth.

Pick 5(Spoiler Edition): disappointing final boss fights in this generation

In most video games, you are treated with a final battle, a final encounter that will conclude the journey you've invested hours in. A lot can be quite epic that leaves you goosebumps after your done, but a lot can make you go "That's it?!". That's what this Pick 5 is all about this week. Final boss battles that were simply disappointing.

SPOILER ALERT! - Yes we're talking about final boss fights so we might spoil it for you if you haven't played the games mentioned. You've been warned, but if you don't give a damn, by all means.. continue. 

Halo 4 - Master Chief vs Didact

I had a great time with Halo 4. It had its high and lows, but one thing that made me shake my head was towards the end of the game. After a good build up for an antagonist to really push Master Chief past his limits, he literally falls short in making him or you any challenge. As you meet him in the bridge, Master Chief is again unable to move thanks to the Didacts psychic-ish powers, eventually leaving the famous Spartan helpless. With the help of Cortana for one last time, you do a very easy, and very quick Quick Time Event to take him down. That's it.

I wanted a full-blown battle against the Didact, but I guess it was too much to ask. Sure, Halo 3 had nothing at the end, just a race to the Forward Unto Dawn then credits start rolling, but 343 Industries created a worthy Antagonist that deserved a good battle. Yet another reason I want QTE(Quick Time Events) to be eliminated in all games forever.

Guild Wars 2 - Zhaitan 

Oh Zhaitan, the undead Elder Dragon that has been tormenting the world of Tyria for the longest time finally meets its match towards the end of your characters personal story. I actually made a mistake thinking this would be epic. It's a battle against a dragon, and most battles against a dragon can be memorable. So I saved it, but once I finally did the final battle, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth, hoping there was another form of some sort. But no, after a tediously long dungeon, you face Zhaitan himself in the skies while on board an airship, once you see the dragon in the flesh, that's where it gets dull.

Undead forces start boarding the ship. Naturally, we dispose of them fairly easy, after that, we get to damage Zhaitan by using the cannons on the ship. THAT"S THE FIGHT. You have one of the strongest creature in the world of Tyria, clinging on a tower, getting shot at by cannons, doing nothing but scream in agony. Enemies keep boarding, with Zhaitan's tentacles on the ship as well, but is easy to dispose off if you ask one of your party members to get off his cannon and fend them off. ArenaNet failed to capitalize on a battle that could have been memorable for everybody that has reached the end of their personal story. I wish they take this as a lesson for future boss battles because I can't believe world bosses are more epic than the final one.

Dead Island - Ryder White

The final encounter for Dead Island was none other than the guy in the radio, which is also the character you play on one of the DLC. This was disappointing not because of how the fight went, but because of how easy it is to either glitch him, or simple kill. Ryder White uses the antidote after getting infected by his wife. Sad to say, the antidote made him into this crazy zombie brute.

Fight starts, and if your strong enough, use your frenzy skill and he will be down in less than a minute. The End. Me and my buddies were laughing how it was harder to get to the final fight. I actually felt bad for the guy, having 4 people gang up on an infected guy that just wanted to save his wife. My next playthrough with another character was even more depressing. Thinking I'd get a good challenge alone, for some reason I had Ryder not moving when the fight started. Only when his life hit 20% did he start moving , but by then he was dead. I would have been ok if they didn't bother including a final encounter, but they tried anyway and it turned out to be another zombie that's bigger than usual.

Mass Effect 3 - there was none

Don't worry, this won't be a rant about the ending, I'm actually one of the small few that was okay with the original endings. But moving on, why is this on the list? Because there was no damn final encounter. First game it had Saren, controlled by the Reapers. Next, ME2 had the human Reaper battle. For the final game, we get nothing really. Before reaching the beam that teleports you to the Citadel, you were tasked to hold off wave after waves of enemies, giving EDI enough time to ready the missiles to destroy the huge reaper in your way. That's about it really.

I was expecting Harbinger, the reaper that I consider as the true antagonist of the game, or anything really. With the first two games having great final battles, I'm sure everybody was expecting something.  I feel that having no final boss fight was way more disappointing than the ending people were so angry about.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - Leon 

Oh god. Not only was Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City a horrible game, its boss fight was one of the worst ever. You finally catch up to Leon and your group is given a choice - Execute Leon S. Kennedy, or spare him. Now, if your playing the campaign with other players, they each get to decide individually. If you decide to kill Leon, you are with the group of people that picked the same choice. If you decided to spare him, you side with Leon and go against the people who chose to kill him. And there ya go, your final battle which turns out to be a team deathmatch with other players. To make matters worse, when the ending scene rolled, there was no audio for me. I can't believe I bought this game on day one. I'll take this opportunity to say "Don't buy this game, you will only get a headache."

There's a couple more, but these five really made a bad impression when the credits started rolling. What about you? Any final boss fights that fell short in bringing an epic conclusion??

Killer is Dead gets an english debut trailer

It was announced last January that Grasshopper Manufacture( No More Heroes, Killer7, Lollipop Chainsaw) and Suda 51's latest project would be Killer is Dead. This was the same trailer released when the project was first announced, but this time we get english voiceovers confirming a wester release. check the debut trailer below.

Confirmed for an english release, but no date yet. No new footage has been released so far but expect Killer is Dead to hit mid this year for Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.